Boot-puller.



PATENIED MAR. 12, 1907.

' H. M. PAUL.

BOOT FULLER.

I APPLIGATION FILED DEG-13, 1906.

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HOWARD M. PAUL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOOT-FULLER.

N 0. 846,694. Specification of Annlication filed December 1 T0 ctZZwhom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD M. PAUL, a citizen of the United States,residing at .Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoot-Pullers, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for pulling off bootsand other articles of footwear from the foot of the wearer; and anobject of my invention is to provide an article of this character whichwill be simple in construction, cheap in manufacture, and eificient inoperation.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the bestmode now known to me of applying that principle, Fig ure 1' is a sideelevation of my new bootpuller, an article of footwear being showntherein in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan View of my new boot-puller,and Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

Mynew boot-puller is made of a single rod Letters Patent.

3.1906. Serial No. 347,659.

I or bar of metal, the top or body portion a of l which is V-shaped andis supported by the legs 6, from which extend rearwardly the iieet c.The latter incline outwardly from 1 front to rear, as is best shown inFig. 2, and they are formed with screw-holes (Z, through which passscrews e, by Which the device is held in position on the floor or othersupport.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, a bootpuller made up ofasingle rod of metal the body portion of which is V-shaped; the ends ofthe body portion being bent vertically downward to form legs and theextremities of the rod being bent to form feet lying in a planesubstantially parallel to the plane of the V-shaped body portion, andflaring outwardly from the lower end of said legs; said Patented March12, 1907.

boot-puller to the floor.

HOWARD M. PAUL.

Witnesses: l WILLIAM B. CRAIG,

ANDREW B. MARBLE.

feet being flattened and formed with holes adapted to receive screws forsecuring the 45

